Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-9625 - Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Videolan VLC Media Player

CVSS 7.8 - HIGH

Attack vector

LOCAL

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

HIGH

Availability impact

HIGH

local

low complexity

videolan

CWE-120

nessus

NVD

Published: 2020-01-24

Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

The GetUpdateFile function in misc/update.c in the Updater in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.1.6 performs an incorrect cast operation from a 64-bit integer to a 32-bit integer, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted update status file, aka an "integer truncation" vulnerability.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Videolan Videolan VLC Media Player - Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99B Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99C Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99D Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99E Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99F Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99G Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99H Videolan VLC Media Player 0.1.99I Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.50 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.60 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.61 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.62 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.63 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.70 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.71 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.72 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.73 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.80 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.81 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.82 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.83 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.90 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.91 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.2.92 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.3.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.3.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.3-Ac3 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.4.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.1A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.5.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.6.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.6.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.6.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.7.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.7.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.7.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.4A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6B Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6C Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6D Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6E Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6F Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6G Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6H Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.6I Videolan VLC Media Player 0.8.1337 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.8A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.9 Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.9A Videolan VLC Media Player 0.9.10 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.0.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.4.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.6.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.7 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.8 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.9 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.10 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.10.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.11 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.12 Videolan VLC Media Player 1.1.13 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.4 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.5 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.6 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.7 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.8 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.0.9 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.1.0 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.1.1 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.1.2 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.1.3 Videolan VLC Media Player 2.1.5	116

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
Overflow Buffers
Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
MIME Conversion
An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

NASL family	Gentoo Local Security Checks
NASL id	GENTOO_GLSA-201603-08.NASL
description	The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201603-08 (VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service. Workaround : There is no known work around at this time.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	89901
published	2016-03-14
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89901
title	GLSA-201603-08 : VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

NASL family	SuSE Local Security Checks
NASL id	OPENSUSE-2015-99.NASL
description	vlc was updated to the current openSUSE Tumbleweed version. live555 was also updated to the current openSUSE Tumbleweed version as a dependency. Security issues fixed : - Fix various buffer overflows and null ptr dereferencing (boo#914268, CVE-2014-9625). Other fixes : - Enable SSE2 instruction set for x86_64 - Disable fluidsynth again: the crashes we had earlier are still not all fixed. They are less, but less common makes it more difficult to debug. On openSUSE 13.1 : - Update to version 2.1.5 : + Core: Fix compilation on OS/2. + Access: Stability improvements for the QTSound capture module. + Mac OS X audio output : - Fix channel ordering. - Increase the buffersize. + Decoders : - Fix DxVA2 decoding of samples needing more surfaces. - Improve MAD resistance to broken mp3 streams. - Fix PGS alignment in MKV. + Qt Interface: Don
last seen	2020-06-05
modified	2015-02-06
plugin id	81199
published	2015-02-06
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81199
title	openSUSE Security Update : vlc (openSUSE-SU-2015:0201-1)

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Nessus

References